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iBombycidae
Image:Bombyx mori Caterpillar 30days 02.jpg caterpillar of the silkworm (Bombyx mori), age 30 days
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Subkingdom: Metazoa Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Hexapoda Class: Insecta Subclass: Pterygota Infraclass: Neoptera Superorder: Endopterygota Order: Lepidoptera Suborder: Macrolepidoptera Superfamily: Bombycoidea Family: Bombycidae
genus
Bombyx

Bombycidae is a family of butterflies which consists of a single genus (Bombyx) of which the best-known species is the Bombyx mori (Linnaeus) or silkworm, native to northern China and domesticated for millenia. There is also the Bombyx mandarina, also native to Asia.

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